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YOUTH APPLICATION This Application Is Also Available in Spanish YOUTH APPLICATION This application is also available in Spanish. Esta solicitud también está disponible en español. Cub Scouting Scouts BSA Venturing Sea Scouting Scout Oath Scout Law On my honor I will do my best A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, to do my duty to God and my country helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, and to obey the Scout Law; obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, to help other people at all times; clean, and reverent. to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. SKU 646302 524-406 2018 Printing 1218 Welcome to the BSA! Scout Life Magazine The BSA makes Scouting available to our nation’s youth by chartering community organizations to operate For a subscription to a magazine that will help your child grow in the Cub Scout packs, Scouts BSA troops, Venturing crews, and Sea Scout ships. Scouting program, just fill in theScout Life circle on the application and pay the subscription price. The chartered organization provides an adequate and safe meeting place as well as capable adult leadership, and requires adherence to the principles and policies of the BSA. The BSA local and national council provide training, The J. Warren Young Literacy Fund program, outdoor facilities, literature, professional guidance, and liability insurance protection. You can give a Scout the opportunity to enjoy a free subscription to Scout Life for one to five years. Go to go.boyslife.org/donate to Parent/Legal Guardian Role in Scouting donate. The local council will identify Scouts who do not have the Scouting uses a fun program to promote character development, citizenship training, leadership, and mental and funds to subscribe. Do a Good Turn today. Today’s readers are physical fitness. You can help by encouraging attendance, assisting with your child’s advancement, attending tomorrow’s leaders. meetings for parents, and assisting the unit when called upon to help. The unit cannot provide a quality program without your help. Parent Agreement. I have read the Scout Oath and Scout Law, and I want my child to join Scouting. I will Who Can Join? assist them in abiding by the policies of the BSA and the chartered organization. I will: • Serve as an adult partner while my child is a Lion or Tiger. It is the philosophy of Scouting to welcome all eligible youth, regardless of gender, race, ethnic background, • Help my Scout grow through completion of advancements. sexual orientation, or gender identification, who are willing to accept Scouting’s values and meet any other • Help the unit with activities and assist as needed. requirements of membership. Health Information. You should inform your unit leader of any condition that might limit your child’s Joining Requirements participation. Please fill out the Annual Health and Medical Record, No. 680-001, found on www.scouting.org/forms and give it to the unit leader. Cub Scout Pack Youth Protection Begins With You™. Child abuse is a serious problem in our society, and Pack membership is open to youth in kindergarten through fifth grade. unfortunately, it can occur anywhere, even in Scouting. Youth safety is of paramount importance to Scouting. *Lion—Kindergarten (year before first grade) Bear—Third grade For that reason, the BSA continues to create and consistently improve its barriers to abuse. *Tiger—First grade Webelos Scout—Fourth and fifth grade The BSA is committed to providing a safe environment for young people. To maintain a safe environment, the BSA provides parents and adult leaders with numerous online and printed resources and adult leaders must complete Wolf—Second grade Youth Protection Training (YPT) and renew their training as required. Parents who participate in Scouting activities *Lions and Tigers must have an adult partner. If the parent is not serving as the adult partner, are highly recommended to complete YPT. To learn more about the BSA’s Youth Protection resources, go to the parental signature on the application indicates their approval of the adult partner. In addition, www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/. if the adult partner does not live at the same address as the Lion or Tiger, an adult application Mandatory Reporting is required. All persons involved in Scouting must immediately report to local authorities any good-faith suspicion or belief that Scouts BSA Troop any child is or has been physically or sexually abused; physically or emotionally neglected; exposed to any form of Youth can be Scouts if they have completed the fifth grade and are at least 10 years old, OR have earned the violence or threat; or exposed to any form of sexual exploitation including the possession, manufacture, or distribution Arrow of Light Award and are at least 10 years old, OR are age 11 but have not reached age 18. of child pornography, online solicitation, enticement, or showing of obscene material. No person may abdicate this reporting responsibility to any other person. Venturing Crew/Sea Scout Ship Additionally, any known or suspected abuse or behavior that might put a youth at risk must also be reported to the Venturing and Sea Scouting are for young men and women at least 13 years old who have completed local Scout executive or the Scouts First Helpline (1-844-SCOUTS1 or 1-844-726-8871) if your Scout executive or the eighth grade, or are age 14 and not yet 21. Applicants age 18 and older must complete a BSA local council cannot be reached. adult application. All parents must review the How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide booklet in the Excerpt From the Declaration of Religious Principle Cub Scout or Scouts BSA handbooks or at www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/. The BSA maintains that no member can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing an obligation Youth Protection Policies to God and, therefore, recognizes the religious element in the training of the member, but is absolutely nonsectarian in its attitude toward that religious training. Its policy is that the home and the organization or • Two registered adult leaders 21 years of age or over are required at all Scouting activities, including meetings. group with which the member is connected shall give definite attention to religious life. Only persons willing There must be a registered female adult leader over 21 in every unit serving females. A registered female adult to subscribe to this Declaration of Religious Principle and to the Bylaws of the Boy Scouts of America shall be leader over 21 must be present for any activity involving female youth. entitled to certificates of membership. • One-on-one contact between adult leaders and youth members is prohibited both inside and outside of Scouting. These and other key Youth Protection policies are addressed in the training and at www.scouting.org/training/ youth-protection/. The annual national registration fee is nonrefundable. To learn about the BSA’s other health and safety policies, please review the online version of the Guide to Safe Scouting, the Scouter Code of Conduct, and the Sweet Sixteen of BSA Safety, which are available at www.scouting. For general questions, contact your BSA local council. org/health-and-safety. BSA YOUTH MEMBER APPLICATION YOUTH INFORMATION First name (No initials or nicknames) Middle name Last name :\ɉ_ Preferred nickname Country Mailing address City State Zip code USA Home phone Date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy) Grade Ethnic background: Gender: -- // {Black/African American {Native American {Alaska Native {Male {Female School {Caucasian/White {7HJPÄJ0ZSHUKLY {Asian {Hispanic/Latino {Other {Boys’ Life subscription PARENT/GUARDIAN INFORMATION {Mark here if address is same as above. {Mark here if you are the Lion or Tiger adult partner. {Mark here if the Lion or Tiger adult partner is not living at the same address and complete and attach an adult application. Select relationship: {Parent {Guardian {Grandparent {Other (specify) First name (No initials or nicknames) Middle name Last name :\ɉ_ Preferred nickname Country Mailing address City State Zip code USA Home phone Date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy) Occupation Employer Gender: -- // {Male {Female Cell phone Business phone ,_[ 7YL]PV\Z:JV\[PUNL_WLYPLUJL -- -- _ 0OH]LYLHK[OLH[[HJOLKPUMVYTH[PVUMVYWHYLU[ZHUKHWWYV]L[OL HWWSPJH[PVU0HɉYT[OH[0OH]LVY^PSSYL]PL^¸/V^[V7YV[LJ[@V\Y Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide.” Parent/guardian email address // Signature of parent/guardian Date To be completed by unit 0MHWWSPJHU[OHZ\UL_WPYLKTLTILYZOPWJLY[PÄJH[LYLNPZ[YH[PVUTH`ILHJJVTWSPZOLKH[ // no charge by transferring the registration. Signature of unit leader (or designee) Date {Transfer application Enter membership number Unit type: {Cub Scout {Boy {Venturing {Sea Scout {Lone Cub Scout MYVT\UL_WPYLKJLY[PÄJH[L! Pack Scout *YL^ Ship Lone Boy Scout Transfer from Unit Pack Troop Unit No.: Troop { { { council number: type: *YL^ Ship Unit No.: For pack registration select one: {Lion {Tiger {Wolf {Bear {Webelos { { Registration fee $ )V`Z˕3PML fee $ 524-406 LOCAL COUNCIL COPY .
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